India, Oct. 19 -- Over the course of the past six days, players and officials have repeatedly spoken about the DP World India Championship being an opportunity of a lifetime for Indian pros to step up to the big league. Never before had an event of this magnitude - $4mn to play for - come to India, and the presence of world No.2 Rory McIlroy and world No.5 Tommy Fleetwood, the eventual winner, sent the stature for the tournament soaring.

Among Indians, the seasoned Shiv Kapur (72-69-70-68) finished the best at T-32 after a 9-under 279. Dhruv Sheoran (68-73-67-72) was the next best after a final round 72, ending T-36 at 8-under 280.

Shubhankar Sharma and Anirban Lahiri, who have both won twice on the European tour, finished T-56 at 3-und...